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Titre :	Number of raised steps: A tool to assess brief and intense effort involving anaerobic metabolism
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Agata Krasny-Pacini ; Jonathan Evans
Année de publication :	2018
Article en page(s) :	p. 164-179
Note générale :	Doi : 10.1016/j.rehab.2017.12.009
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Anaerobic test  Blood lactate measurement  Exercise test  NIRS muscle  Oxygen debt  Step test
Résumé :	Background Although the initial anaerobic component of exercise adaptation is unavoidable, no specific functional test is available for use in routine non-sporting practice to evaluate it. Objective To assess the bioenergetic and biomechanical properties of the Short and Fast Step Test (SFST), which consists of walking up and down a step as many times as possible in 1minute and to analyse its ability to explore the initial anaerobic component of effort in comparison to a reference self-paced step test. Methods Overall, 31 healthy subjects (19 women; mean [SD] age, 32.4 [10.2] years) completed a test–retest of a self-paced step test and the SFST, with pre- and post-test measurement of blood lactate concentration and continuous recording of VO2 and modelling of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of the quadriceps and mechanical power (estimated by the number of steps climbed and 3-D motion analysis). Results Both step tests were well tolerated. The reliability of the bioenergetics parameters, number of raised steps, mechanical power and NIRS tissue saturation index was good. Indirect mechanical power (estimated from number of steps) was correlated with direct power (computed from the centre of mass). Lactate accumulation was significantly increased during exercise with only the SFST (mean [SD] increase, 3.86 [3.26]mmolL−1 from resting values, P<0.05). EPOC was higher with the SFST than the self-paced step test (P<0.05). Only the SFST showed significant correlations between number of steps climbed and EPOC (r=0.84; P<0.001) and decreased tissue saturation index (NIRS) and EPOC area (r=−0.39; P<0.05). Conclusions SFST is feasible, well tolerated, reliable and responsive to explore a brief exercise involving anaerobic metabolism at submaximal intensity. The number of steps taken in 1minute seems a suitable parameter for practical application.
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[article] Number of raised steps: A tool to assess brief and intense effort involving anaerobic metabolism [texte imprimé] / Agata Krasny-Pacini ; Jonathan Evans . - 2018 . - p. 164-179.
Doi : 10.1016/j.rehab.2017.12.009
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine > Vol. 61, n°3 (Mai 2018) . - p. 164-179

Mots-clés :	Anaerobic test  Blood lactate measurement  Exercise test  NIRS muscle  Oxygen debt  Step test
Résumé :	Background Although the initial anaerobic component of exercise adaptation is unavoidable, no specific functional test is available for use in routine non-sporting practice to evaluate it. Objective To assess the bioenergetic and biomechanical properties of the Short and Fast Step Test (SFST), which consists of walking up and down a step as many times as possible in 1minute and to analyse its ability to explore the initial anaerobic component of effort in comparison to a reference self-paced step test. Methods Overall, 31 healthy subjects (19 women; mean [SD] age, 32.4 [10.2] years) completed a test–retest of a self-paced step test and the SFST, with pre- and post-test measurement of blood lactate concentration and continuous recording of VO2 and modelling of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of the quadriceps and mechanical power (estimated by the number of steps climbed and 3-D motion analysis). Results Both step tests were well tolerated. The reliability of the bioenergetics parameters, number of raised steps, mechanical power and NIRS tissue saturation index was good. Indirect mechanical power (estimated from number of steps) was correlated with direct power (computed from the centre of mass). Lactate accumulation was significantly increased during exercise with only the SFST (mean [SD] increase, 3.86 [3.26]mmolL−1 from resting values, P<0.05). EPOC was higher with the SFST than the self-paced step test (P<0.05). Only the SFST showed significant correlations between number of steps climbed and EPOC (r=0.84; P<0.001) and decreased tissue saturation index (NIRS) and EPOC area (r=−0.39; P<0.05). Conclusions SFST is feasible, well tolerated, reliable and responsive to explore a brief exercise involving anaerobic metabolism at submaximal intensity. The number of steps taken in 1minute seems a suitable parameter for practical application.
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